Today in
U.S. President History

1790 - In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address.

1815 - U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieved victory at the Battle of New Orleans. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.

1853 - A bronze statue of Andrew Jackson on a horse was unveiled in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC. The statue was the work of Clark Mills.

1900 - U.S. President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.

1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace upon the end of World War I.

1964 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson declared a "War on Poverty."

1973 - The trial opened in Washington, of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC.

1992 - U.S. President George Bush collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo. White House officials said Bush was suffering from stomach flu.



U.S. President Quotes


President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.
- Norman Cousins of the Daily Telegraph, on President Richard Nixon.